Katsuo Higuchi

History

With the arrival of the steamer Kasato Maru at the Port of Santos in 1908, the cycle of Japanese immigration began in Brazil, which up until the 1940s brought in nearly 200,000 Japanese immigrants.

Most immigrants left Japan, at that time devastated by a severe economic and social crisis, for Brazil, a new and promising country that offered the possibility of employment and the opportunity to earn a fortune in a short time. Most of them intended to save money and, years later, return in better conditions to their homeland, where they would then be able to provide ...

Oshogatsu (New Year) is the most important celebration in the Japanese calendar. Even here in Brazil, with its eminently Christian culture, the date is celebrated by the Nikkei community – not with the same intensity and importance as Christmas, but always in a respectful and festive manner.

I’ve noticed that among the Nikkei families that have settled here the date is celebrated in different ways, depending on the greater or lesser assimilation of the Japanese culture within that social group and on the physical presence of the ojiichan and obaachan, who end up having a major influence on the habits ...

The life of Ms. Aiko, a pleasant and hyperactive obatiam who, to this day, at age 96, provides a lesson in vigor and joy of living, would serve very well as inspiration for a book. She was even the subject of a brief article in this newspaper last July, in addition to having been interviewed by the Japanese TV station NHK and the French newspaper Le Monde. Besides, she has been mentioned in several publications.

Having lived in Brazil for 90 years and for more than 60 years in the city of São Paulo, Ms. Aiko has other ...

Antes da chegada dessa terrível pandemia que assola o mundo, Aiko, dona de casa, aposentada, moradora no tradicional bairro de Santana na Capital de São Paulo, tinha uma rotina de vida até que bem animada para uma senhora de sua idade. Conhecida pelos vizinhos brasileiros como dona Maria e Aitian ou Aiko-san pelos parentes, além das caminhadas habituais que fazia em ruas próximas onde mora, tinha aulas de tai chi chuan e ginástica cerebral que, segundo a professora, era para melhorar a concentração, raciocínio e memória. O encontro, destinado às pessoas da ...

Como tem ocorrido em outros países, a Covid-19 atingiu o Brasil de forma arrasadora, mostrando aos que nela não acreditavam, a sua malignidade letal.

Em 09 de maio, já foram registrados mais de 10.000 óbitos, com previsão de alcançar números catastróficos nos próximos meses, apesar das medidas de contenção tomadas pelas autoridades sanitárias do país. Adotou-se a quarentena horizontal para tentar combater o mal. Com isso, fecharam-se as portas do comércio e da indústria; proibiu-se a movimentação das pessoas. Apenas, algumas atividades consideradas essenciais continuaram funcionando ...